Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-08-26
Eyes AnalYzed
From the st. James Gazette. !.

Speaking popularity, We may So
that eyes are brown, blue, gray, hazt
black, green, or Of no color at q; &
The last three varieties, however, q .
based on misnomer. Speaking gen
ally again, he may say that blue es
take care OF their friends, br wn
their enemies, gray of their countriit
black OF their pleasures, and green &
themselves CO.. The blue is certainly IT,.
type with the greatest number Of W.
rleties. 1t is a color that illustrate:
prominently the feminine qualities
tenderness, affection, yielding to Il =
wishes of others, a sympathy wit :
small suAerings, that measu,:,
OF vanity without which no won .
an can be entirely attractive an,
that self"surreuder which goes far t.,
persuade a man that he is q den,ico..
because his wife believes it and tel!
him So. The color seems to begetti.,
more rare in these days. This is tl,>
blue that goes with golden hair Blu
eyes must be mated with their apprc.
pirate complexion. That color, So
fascinating ina blonde, is no less de.
hchtful IN g. brunette; but-say tic
sclentlsts-lts meaning is now altered.
There comes in now, coupled with tho
affectionate qualities, certain tend.
ency to deceive, stimulated bv an am.
bltlon tor conquest and leading to the
qualification of admiration. There
remain the light blue and the violet.
The first is the eye of the Northern
races-of the Swedes and the Danes.
OF the Scotch sometimes also. It s1g-
gests constancy and truth. stead.
fastness, simplicity, courage, pur-
pose. 1t is a. mans eye, with
It's moderation and self.respect
honest in the glance it gives you, at
the same time rather cold and phleo-
matte. And then there is the violet
eye, which is woman'e eye, and OF
which the main characteristics are af-
lection and purity, chivalric belief and
limited Or deficient intellectually.
And now comes the brown eyes.
They are the eyes of the south and OF
the east-of the sunny races; the most
passionate and the least original, and
to them belong the lustrous black hair
and the olive complexion of skin.
With them we get jealousy and cruelty,
somewhat OF the feline nature in wol11-
en-; and in men, courage coupled with
superstition, a wild recklessness oflife,
and disregard for the sufferings OF
Others. But the type has altered
through infinite notifications; and
there are brown eyes In plenty that
have nothing in common with the
passionate qualities OF the south,
This may be generally predicted; that
when the brown is light the DISPOSE
ton is aftectionate but hayward, and
as that brow darkens you pass from
affection to passion.
Last come the hazel eyes, which are
more frequent in novels than in life.
No two people seem quite agreed as
to the definition OF the color, and the
reference to hazel nut, which starts
by being green, and passes through
yellow to brown, confusingly Illus
trates every theory. A blue-grav
radiated from within with brown and
bronze streaks seems to come nearest
the general view. Adopting this as
the co or, it will be seen that they are
chiefly found among the mixed races,
and especially the English and the
They always suggest a
good deal OF strength Of character,
generally a sense ofmischief and trfcki-
ness-Puck probably had hazel eyes
and sometimes that humorous cruel
ty which belongs to the Anglo. Saxon
race: Hazeleyed people are rarely
shallow, and you must be prepared
for surprises when you have to deal
with them.